. American engineer and railroad journal . ke ofthe same name empties itself into the Ottawa River, at a pointmidway between the termini of the road. The turbine wheels areof the New American type, manufactured by William Kennedy& Sons, of Owen Sound, Ontario, and operated under a head of ninefeet. Four 60-inch wheels are now installed and space is .providedfor two more. The electrical equipment of the power-house consists of two 4-300-135 generators, built by the Canadian General ElectricCompany. For controlling the output of these machines there is aswitchboard, consisting of two genera
. American engineer and railroad journal . ke ofthe same name empties itself into the Ottawa River, at a pointmidway between the termini of the road. The turbine wheels areof the New American type, manufactured by William Kennedy& Sons, of Owen Sound, Ontario, and operated under a head of ninefeet. Four 60-inch wheels are now installed and space is .providedfor two more. The electrical equipment of the power-house consists of two 4-300-135 generators, built by the Canadian General ElectricCompany. For controlling the output of these machines there is aswitchboard, consisting of two generator panels, two feeder panelsand a total output panel, all of the General Electric standard typeand supplied by the Canadian Company. Besides these, there arethree panels containing the Barbour water-wheel regulator, bywhich the current output of the generators is automatically keptconstant by cutting in or out dead resistance as the load varies onthe line. By this means the speed of the machines is kept con- AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 309. TerrWhsel Passenfer Locomotive for the Erie Railroad.—Built by the Brooks Locomotive WorkSt 8tanD and the variation in voltage is held within a very close car sheds and repair shops are also at Deschesne and arefully equipped with all modern appliances for handling and inspect-ing the rolling stock which at present consists of five closed carsand five open cars, besides a mail, baggage and express car and alocomotive. All the cars are mounted on two trucks each, and areeach equipped with two G. E. 1,200 motors with K. 21 con-trollers. The closed cars are 42 feet long over all, and finished inmahogany throughout, the outside sheeting being also solid ma-hogany finish, in the natural wood. The locomotive is of particular interest, being the first of thekind operated in Canada. It weighs sonjethingover 20 tons and isprovided with double trucks, each axle being equipped with a mo-tor. As all the wheels are driven, full traction advantage
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